Port Quotes

The ship is safest when it is in port, but that’s not what ships were built for.

One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates.

Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.

To reach a port we must set sail

Visit the port of goodness often; if you can, cast your anchor over there!

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

Happiness always returns to port . . .

I'm like a ship captain: I have a woman in every port.

There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market.

When you long for the port, it is time to leave the journey; when you long for the journey, it is time to leave the port!

I agree with whoever said Spice Girls are soft port. They're the antichrist.

Our port facilities should have the freedom to levy a market-based container fee which will provide new revenue and make our system more equitable to the American taxpayer and American manufacturers.

A good resolve will make any port.

I must keep on rowing, not until I reach port but until I reach my grave.

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.

Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.

The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.

The universe we are living in is not suitable for waiting for anything! Stop waiting and leave your port!

O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas.

And let us be frank, the security threats that emanate from our ports come from foreign cargo.